Windows Vista: How to Set Up Parental Controls

1. Choose Start➪Control Panel➪Set Up Parental Controls

For Any User under the User Accounts and Family Safety category. In the resulting Parental Controls window, click the user for whom you wish to apply Parental Controls.

2. In the resulting User Controls dialog box, make any of the following settings:

• Select the On, Enforce Current Settings check box to turn Parental Controls on.

• Select the On, Collect Information about Computer Usage check box to receive reports about this user’s computer activities.

• Click the Windows Vista Web Filter link to access a form that allows you to specify what type of Web content this user should be allowed to access.

• Click any of the Settings (Time Limits, Games, Allow and Block Specific Programs, and Activity Reports) to further control how much time can be spent online and what kinds of activities the user can engage in.

3. Click OK and then click the Close button to close the Parental Controls window. The settings take effect the next time the user logs in. If the user is currently logged in, the settings will not take place until he logs off and then logs on again or you restart the computer.